The Whale Mine is a zinc mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 35.80833, -115.52806
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Whale Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Whale Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank Miller
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Large Scale Overthrusts
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Wulfenite
Comments
Comment (Workings): UPPER SHAFT HAD CHEIFLY HYDROZINCITE; THE LOWER TUNNEL HAD ONLY CALAMINE. EASTERN PART OF THE WHALE GROUP HAS 12 SHORT TUNNELS AND SHAFTS, ONE SHAFT IS 60 FT. DEEP EXPLORING CUPRODESCLOIZITE VEINS BUT NO RECORDED PRODUCTION FROM THERE.
Comment (Deposit): LATEST PRODUCTION 1943 ; WHALE MINE IS A GROUP OF SEVEN CLAIMS; REMAINING ORE IS LOW GRADE IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE GROUP BUT IF VANACLATES CAN BE PROFITABLY RECOVERED BY MILLING LOW GRADE MATERIAL THEN THE GROUP MAY DESERVE SOME ATTENTION ( HEWETT, 1931 ) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): CALAMINE REPLACES DOLOMITIZED ANCHOR LIMESTONE BRECCIA NEAR CHERT LAYERS
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 145 - 146 .
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 186 .
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, 1962 B, MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 2 .
Reference (Production): HEWETT, 1931 , LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
